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searching for my great grandfather  daniel carrigan who was married to margaret carberry  I  do not know where they originated from but a relative in america suggested they might come from a place called Clogher  but i have had no success there.At one time they had a farm or smallholding.  any info would be appreciated  thank you

Friday 4th Jan 2013, 09:46PM

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  • Dear Lizbeth, I am an administrator for Bailieborough & Shercock, in Co. Cavan.

    I put Clogher into a google search & there is one in Co Tyrone, which is in Ulster & another in Co Mayo & in Co. Monaghan.  Clogher is also name of the Church Diocese that covers 5 counties that straddle the border between Northern Ireland & the Republic.  I then looked at the 1901 census at nationalarchives.ie & looked at the occurance of the name Carrigan & it occurs 13 times in Mayo, 15 times in Tyrone & 21 in Co. Monaghan, when I looked at the name Carberry, it did not occur in Mayo at all, it was in Monaghan 9 times & in Tyrone 25 times, which give us nothing to go on.

    I then browsed the same census & a Sara Carrigan is Clogher Co Tyrone & there is also a family by the name of Corrigan.  I then browsed  Clogher, Co Mayo & there are two Kerrigan families one  in Dooncastle & another in Rockfield.

    I had no luck in Co. Monaghan

    You need to try a find out more information on your family as the searches I have done does not prove anything.  What years are you looking at? & why did your relative in  America suggest Clogher, if you can find that basis, we may have more to go on.  Also did they marry in USA & if they did, they could have met there & be from 2 different counties.

    Best of luck wth your searches & perhaps when you get more info, you could look at familysearch.org (free site) or join Ancestry.com (subscription site) which has a large collection of records.

     

    Regards Carmel O'Callaghan

     

     

     

     

    Bailieborough Cavan

    Saturday 5th Jan 2013, 10:15PM

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